ac

ac

back. I heard a faint ringing in my ears as my arms b

liva onto the stones. From the first lash to th

g moment. Instead of satisfaction, an inex

ly, turning his back. "Let's see if she l

Using all her remaining strength, the skinny girl half-carried, half-drag

ire. Blood loss and raging fever pulled me into a ha

my hand. Her voice broke as she sobbed, "My Lady... it's all my

-streaked face. "Sadie," I whispered, my voi

ck a sob and

h, "will be paid back. Every lash, every drop of blood-one day, the p

ard, tears still st

"Now wipe your face.

e basin to get water, the brok

on the verge of death, my i

othes slipped through the window like a ghost, m

s the room and tapped the back of her neck, knocking her out cold

w mattress, my trembling fingers

eside Esteban's carriage earlier that day. Esteban King's man. But I dared not act ras

me off?" I whispered, st

to the bedside, pulled a delicate white jade porcelain bot

, monotone voice. "But if you don't apply this medicine ton

through the stopper, a crisp, cooling fr

of the northern mountains and was monopolized by the highest

asked, my voice hoarse

ng my question, "do not die too early, or this gam

flipped backward out the window and v

ing's pale, handsome face and deep go

ed the jade bottle and dabbed a tiny bit of the pale

with the cooling Edelweiss, I smelle

pils

use a wolfless body couldn't absorb high-level spiritual herbs quickly, someone had

my shoulder and smeared the ointme

by a deep, domineering warmth that sank straight into my bones. The bleeding stopped within seconds

se his own blood to save

my freezing veins, my racing heartbeat finally

Bang

ainst the wooden d

s completely gone. Thanks to the salve, the wounds had scabbed over quickly; the thirty deep whip wounds on my b

woke up, gasping when she saw me sitti

night to anyone," I whispered qui

o

oor was kick

y in a fur-lined cloak, f

smile, looking toward the bed expecting to s